A Quote by John Lasseter
I don't really think of myself as a businessman at all. That's why I have the 'chief creative officer' role.
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I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.
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